All Roll Calls
Yes: 165 • No: 48
UtahH.B. 3922026 General SessionHouse
District Court Amendments
Sponsored By: Matt MacPherson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Judicial AdministrationCourtsJudicial OperationsAttorney GeneralJudgesCivil Litigation
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
State leaders can join constitutional suits
Beginning May 6, 2026, the attorney general has an automatic right to join any district court case where a party files a Rule 24 notice that a statute is unconstitutional. The law also keeps the Legislature’s separate, unconditional right to intervene in these cases.
Three-judge panels for state lawsuits
Beginning May 6, 2026, when a civil case names a state entity or a state official, the attorney general, governor, or Legislature can require a three-judge panel. Only those officials can file the notice when they or their office is a party, and no one can ask a court to review that notice. Three judges are picked at random from different judicial districts; a chief judge runs the case, and all three sit together for trials, injunctions, and motions that could end the case. Normal venue rules do not apply to these panel cases, and Rule 42 timing rules govern the notice. Appeals from the panel, including some interim orders, go straight to the Utah Supreme Court and cannot be sent to the Court of Appeals.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Matt MacPherson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Michael K. McKell
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/13/2026
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 55 • No: 16
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 22 • No: 7
Senate vote • 2/11/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 21 • No: 7
Senate vote • 2/11/2026
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/5/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 1
House vote • 2/4/2026
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/4/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/4/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 56 • No: 15
House vote • 2/3/2026
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/3/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/3/2026
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/3/2026
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 1/28/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
2/13/2026House/ to Governor
2/13/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2/13/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
2/13/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2/13/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/13/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2/13/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2/13/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/13/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/13/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2/13/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
2/13/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/13/2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
2/13/2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2/12/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/12/2026HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
2/12/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/12/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ substituted
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
2/11/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2/6/2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
2/6/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
2/13/2026
Substitute #3
2/11/2026
Substitute #2
2/4/2026
Substitute #1
2/3/2026
Introduced
1/27/2026